My late Great Grandmother's Bluegill

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02-23-2009, 06:03 PM
thehines

My late Great Grandmother's Bluegill

She caught this back in the 50s. Won the Ohio state record for a few years.

She just passed on and gave this fish mount to my dad.

We just had it remounted... To clean the fins and color up alittle bit.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...s/DSC05430.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...s/DSC05431.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...s/DSC05432.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...s/DSC05433.jpg

This is the guy that redid it and afterwards
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...s/DSC_0058.jpg
02-23-2009, 06:25 PM
Pat

WOW ! what a fish ! thanks for posting
02-23-2009, 06:28 PM
ga.crappie&breamguy

thats a heck of a bulegill.
02-23-2009, 06:50 PM
g31448

Beautiful, thanks for sharing, I know she was excited to catch it.
02-23-2009, 07:11 PM
cityboy

thats 1 heck of a gill:eek:
02-23-2009, 07:58 PM
JSC

what was the weight

Great Blue Gill What was the weight ?

JSC
:)
02-23-2009, 08:28 PM
P-row

Yowza!:eek: What a slab! Great job on the remount,too. Your grandmother musta been quite proud of that gill.:) Any idea what body of water it was caught? Thanks for sharing!
02-23-2009, 08:52 PM
WantinCrappie

Dang, that thing is huge. I've always wondered how a fish with such a small mouth can get that big?
02-23-2009, 09:41 PM
thehines

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-row

Yowza!:eek: What a slab! Great job on the remount,too. Your grandmother musta been quite proud of that gill.:) Any idea what body of water it was caught? Thanks for sharing!

Yeah she caught that thing out of her pond in the back field. I tried and tried but never could get another one like that out of that farm pond. Pretty sure that someone came in and netted the pond clean....

She passed away about 2 monthes ago at 105 years old.
02-23-2009, 09:42 PM
thehines

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSC

Great Blue Gill What was the weight ?

JSC
:)

Sorry I don't remember the weight, the newspaper clipping is on the back of the mount.
02-23-2009, 10:13 PM
beenfishin?

Now that there is what I call a "dinner plate gill". Sho nuf goodun!
02-23-2009, 10:51 PM
caseydrew

Very COOL!
02-24-2009, 12:32 AM
Black Crow

Man that is one great fish! Thanks for posting those pictures. That is a good looking remount too. Is that a federal warden? I've never seen one.
02-24-2009, 07:21 AM
shipahoy41

Your great grandmother must have been very special to your family. What a beautiful way to keep the memory alive in your hearts. That is one fantastic 'Gill.
02-24-2009, 10:03 AM
thehines

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Crow

Man that is one great fish! Thanks for posting those pictures. That is a good looking remount too. Is that a federal warden? I've never seen one.

No he is not a Federal Game warden. He works for the US Fish and Wildlife. He use to work with my dad, which is now Cross Creeks NWR Manager.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shipahoy41

Your great grandmother must have been very special to your family. What a beautiful way to keep the memory alive in your hearts. That is one fantastic 'Gill.

She was special, the mount has been on the wall of her house for many years. I used to stare at that thing thinking it was biggest fish I had every seen.... Well it is still the biggest Bluegill I have ever seen.
02-24-2009, 03:10 PM
STUMP HUNTER

MAN!!! What a fish :) Thanks for sharing the pic of the fish and the story.
02-24-2009, 03:27 PM
Monticello Hunter

What do I need to do to see this picture. Sometimes I can see the pictures posted and other times I can not. Then other people comment on great of picture it is and I can not see it.
02-24-2009, 04:28 PM
ShellQuacker

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monticello Hunter

What do I need to do to see this picture. Sometimes I can see the pictures posted and other times I can not. Then other people comment on great of picture it is and I can not see it.

Are you seeing a little box in the upper right corner of where the picture should start?
If so, try this, right click on that box, then pick "show picture" from the dropdown list.
It sounds like you need to change your browser setting to allow pictures.
On XP, go to Control Panel, Internet Options, Advanced. Then you can scroll down till you find "show pictures" and see if there's a check mark in the box next to it. If not, check it then "apply".
If it's Vista you're using, I don't know.
02-24-2009, 04:31 PM
ShellQuacker

Oh, I forgot, nice fish!
Most of the older mounts I've seen have deteriorated badly. Dried out too much and split etc. That one looks well preserved, even if you did have it refurbished.
02-24-2009, 04:36 PM
DKR

Thats a goodun.
02-24-2009, 05:43 PM
DENNIS BOWERS

Man, Thats a GIANT!! Redo looks Super Too!
02-24-2009, 08:10 PM
PawPaw Gene

A great fish for a great lady, 105 you say. My grandfather made it to 104 3/4. Man I though I was getting old at 64. I've got 40 years to go to catch up with him. WOW.

"gene"
02-24-2009, 08:22 PM
i-catch-cartags

wow!!! That is one nice gill best i,ve ever seen. I,ll bet that lady smiled for years over that one.:D Thanks for sharing this for all of us.:)
02-24-2009, 08:31 PM
thehines

Quote:

Originally Posted by i-catch-cartags

wow!!! That is one nice gill best i,ve ever seen. I,ll bet that lady smiled for years over that one.:D Thanks for sharing this for all of us.:)

She always smiled when I asked her about it... Remembered it like it was yesterday
02-24-2009, 08:48 PM
danny

Nice fish.Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
02-24-2009, 09:45 PM
Fatman

That is a HUGH gill. Too bad they're few and far between

Fatman
02-24-2009, 10:03 PM
speck chaser

nice bluegill that would make any one proud